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39 <H1>curs_getcchar 3x</H1>
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43 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">curs_getcchar(3x)</A></STRONG>                               <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">curs_getcchar(3x)</A></STRONG>
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48 </PRE>
49 <H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
50        <STRONG>getcchar</STRONG>,  <STRONG>setcchar</STRONG> - Get a wide character string and ren-
51        dition from a <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> or set a <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> from a wide-charac-
52        ter string
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55 </PRE>
56 <H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
57        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
58
59        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>getcchar(</STRONG>
60                <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wcval</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
61                <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wch</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
62                <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
63                <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>color</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>pair</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
64                <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>opts</EM> <STRONG>);</STRONG>
65
66        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>setcchar(</STRONG>
67                <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wcval</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
68                <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wch</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
69                <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
70                <STRONG>short</STRONG> <EM>color</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>pair</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
71                <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>opts</EM> <STRONG>);</STRONG>
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74 </PRE>
75 <H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
76        The  <STRONG>getcchar</STRONG>  function  gets  a wide-character string and
77        rendition from a <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> argument.  When <EM>wch</EM> is not a null
78        pointer, the <STRONG>getcchar</STRONG> function does the following:
79
80        -    Extracts information from a <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> value <EM>wcval</EM>
81
82        -    Stores  the  character  attributes  in  the  location
83             pointed to by <EM>attrs</EM>
84
85        -    Stores the color-pair in the location pointed  to  by
86             <EM>color</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>pair</EM>
87
88        -    Stores  the  wide-character string, characters refer-
89             enced by <EM>wcval</EM>, into the array pointed to by <EM>wch</EM>.
90
91        When <EM>wch</EM> is a null pointer, the <STRONG>getcchar</STRONG> function does the
92        following:
93
94        -    Obtains  the  number of wide characters pointed to by
95             <EM>wcval</EM>
96
97        -    Does not change  the  data  referenced  by  <EM>attrs</EM>  or
98             <EM>color</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>pair</EM>
99
100        The  <STRONG>setcchar</STRONG> function initializes the location pointed to
101        by <EM>wcval</EM> by using:
102
103        -    The character attributes in <EM>attrs</EM>
104
105        -    The color pair in <EM>color</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>pair</EM>
106
107        -    The wide-character string pointed  to  by  <EM>wch</EM>.   The
108             string  must be L'\0' terminated, contain at most one
109             character with strictly positive width, which must be
110             the  first,  and  contain  no  characters of negative
111             width.
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114 </PRE>
115 <H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
116        The <EM>opts</EM> argument is reserved for future use.   Currently,
117        an application must provide a null pointer as <EM>opts</EM>.
118
119        The  <EM>wcval</EM>  argument may be a value generated by a call to
120        <STRONG>setcchar</STRONG> or by a function that has a <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> output  argu-
121        ment.   If  <EM>wcval</EM>  is  constructed by any other means, the
122        effect is unspecified.
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125 </PRE>
126 <H2>RETURN VALUES</H2><PRE>
127        When <EM>wch</EM> is a null pointer, <STRONG>getcchar</STRONG> returns the number of
128        wide  characters  referenced  by <EM>wcval</EM>, including the null
129        terminator.
130
131        When <EM>wch</EM> is not a null pointer, <STRONG>getcchar</STRONG> returns  <STRONG>OK</STRONG>  upon
132        successful completion, and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> otherwise.
133
134        Upon  successful  completion, <STRONG>setcchar</STRONG> returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG>.  Other-
135        wise, it returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>.
136
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138 </PRE>
139 <H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
140        Functions:  <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,  <STRONG><A HREF="wcwidth.3x.html">wcwidth(3x)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr_get.3x.html">curs_attr_get(3x)</A></STRONG>,
141        <STRONG><A HREF="can_change_color.3x.html">can_change_color(3x)</A></STRONG>.
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145                                                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">curs_getcchar(3x)</A></STRONG>
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